Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean (17.2005(2007))

TELL ARBID

SYRIA

already been traced along its northern
boundary and now part of the eastern border
was established [Fig. 11}. The street
running along this elevation was close to
2.50 m wide, narrowing down to c. 1.25 m
a few zigzag bends further to the south.
Testing in the northern part revealed a stable
street network continuing in this sector
from Ninevite 5 times until a very late stage
of Early Dynastic Illb. Traces of a narrow
channel and mud "benches" reinforcing the
bases of walls, especially at the bends in the
street, have been preserved [Fig. 10).
A number of small cubicles discovered to
the north and northeast of the street
presumably served some domestic or storage
function. Three of these, designated as loci
33-34 and 35-35/65, belonged to a single
architectural complex.

WESTERN PART OF THE SECTOR
The western part of the sector, covering
mainly squares 36/64 and the southern
part of 35/64, contained architecture
adjoining the Northern Building and
earlier the buildings preceding it on the
west. In square 36/64, cleaning of a small
courtyard with a group of small rooms
lining it on the south and west [Fig. 12}
revealed that locus 40-36/64, which had
no entrance, was actually a silos, built
contemporarily with the Northern
Building, cutting deeply into Ninevite
layers. The earlier architecture on the spot
was heavily damaged. The three rooms on
the west remained relatively unchanged
throughout the Ninevite period under-
going only slight modifications, unlike the
eastern and northern parts of the courtyard


Fig. 12. General view of square 36/64 from the west
(Photo A. Reiche)

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